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November 4, 2016

Canberra 4 November 2016 The Canberra Refugee Action Committee is defying the Australian Government’s message of ‘no hope’ to refugees in offshore detention, by sending messages of hope and support to refugees trapped in political limbo on Manus Island and…

November 1, 2016

Speech by Anne-Marie Delahunt, given at the Canberra Refugee Action rally: 30 October 2016 Friends: it’s great to be here today in front of such a crowd of people concerned, as I am, about the people on Manus…

October 22, 2016

On Friday October 21st, the ANU Refugee Action Committee held a fundraiser “Amps not Camps.” Local musicians got together with refugee activists at the Polish club to raise money for ACT Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services, which works helping newly arrived migrants…

October 22, 2016

On Wednesday October 19th, the Faith-Based Working Group held a memorial service for the SIEV-X memorial. Following are the words that were said: 15 years ago today, on 19 October 2001, during a federal election campaign, a boat carrying about 400…

October 18, 2016

Australia’s internationally condemned cruel deterrent refugee policies have cost an annual average of $3.2 billion of taxpayer funds every year since 2013. This is just under half the UNHCR 2016 budget of $6.55 million to care for the 16.3 million…

October 15, 2016

The conditions in Australia’s detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru are atrocious. Report after report continues to detail abhorrent treatment, systemic abuse, and degrading conditions, as the camps are wracked by crisis after crisis. It is simply impossible that…

October 12, 2016

A new study by Save the Children, Australia and UNICEF has shown that billions of our tax dollars are spent to maintain Australia’s cruel refugee policies. A fraction of the vast sums involved could, if directed away from the current policy of…

October 11, 2016

A new study by Save the Children, Australia and UNICEF has shown that billions of our tax dollars are spent to maintain Australia’s refugee policies (see the report here). A fraction of the vast sums involved could, if directed away from the current…

September 20, 2016

Canberra 20 September 2016 The Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull has been challenged by refugee activists over the accuracy of his speech at the refugee summit in New York. Mr Turnbull argued that other countries should follow Australia’s tough border protection…

September 17, 2016

On Friday, Canberrans gathered outside the Immigration Department in Braddon, holding a 10 hour reading vigil of the Nauru Files, which detailed the abhorrent treatment of refugees and asylum seekers held by Australia on Nauru. Inspired by the reading vigil outside…